Varena

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Varena

Total population

9,240

Coordinates54.21°, 24.57°

Demographic figures from Statistics Lithuania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Varėna is a city in Dzūkija, southern Lithuania. It is the capital of the district of Varėna. Currently, there are 7,794 residents. The Varėna district is the largest and most forested municipality of Lithuania as more than 50% of the district's territory is covered with forests.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

Lithuanian painter, composer and writer (1875-1911)

Ausra Fridrikas

Austrian handball player

Mordechai Ish-Shalom

Israeli mayor (1901-1991)

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Mindaugas Kalonas

Lithuanian footballer

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Rimantas Stašys

Lithuanian docent, economist and university teacher

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Stasys Vėlyvis

Lithuanian university teacher and judge

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Vytautas Markevičius

Lithuanian lawyer

Dainius Šalenga

Lithuanian basketball player (born 1977)

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Algis Kašėta

Lithuanian historian and politician

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Martynas Vainilaitis

Lithuanian poet and children's writer (1933–2006)

Juozas Jermalavičius

Soviet and Russian historian

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Gintaras Kvitkauskas

Lithuanian footballer

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Petras Poškus

Lithuanian politician (1935-2004)

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Gediminas Jakavonis

Lithuanian politician

Stanisław Sztarejko

Polish officer (1895-1976)

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Aldona Staponkienė

Lithuanian politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Alytus

• Barčiai
  4.5 mi away · pop. 148
• Matuizos
  6 mi away · pop. 1,201
• Perloja
  6.1 mi away · pop. 586
• Vydeniai
  6.8 mi away · pop. 374
• Zervynos
  7.6 mi away · pop. 47
• Milvyda
  7.7 mi away · pop. 6
• Marijanavas
  7.9 mi away · pop. 6
• Žiūrai
  8.1 mi away · pop. 26
• Lynežeris
  10.4 mi away · pop. 24
• Rudnia
  10.6 mi away · pop. 74
• Lesagūrai
  11.8 mi away · pop. 5
• Lankininkai
  13.7 mi away · pop. 5

Browse all places in Alytus →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.